2024 AIChE Annual Meeting | AIChE

2024 AIChE Annual Meeting

Monday, October 28, 2024, 3:30pm PDT to Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 10:30am PDT
In-Person / Local
San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA
United States

ChE&L Forum sessions and activities at the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting.

Monday, October 28, 2024

15:30 to 18:00  – Issues in law for practicing engineers (Aqua 300 (AB), 3, Hilton Bayfront)

  • Things you should know to be an effective expert witness in an intellectual property (IP) matter in the chemical processing industry (David A. Rockstraw, P.E., Inc.)
  • An introduction to Intellectual Property for established and inspiring start-ups and entrepreneurs (Michael Stephenson, BPIC)

16:30 to 17:00  – Chemical Engineering & the Law (ChE&L) Social (Aqua 300 (AB), 3, Hilton Bayfront)

19:00 to 21:30  – Management, Environmental, and Chem Eng & the Law Dinner (Old Spaguetti Factory, 275 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

8:00 to 10:30  – Non-traditional career opportunities in chemical engineering for MBAs, legal practicioners, and PhDs (Room 30E, Upper Level SDCC)

  • From Lab to legislation: A ChemE's transition from research to regulatory policy and industry advocacy (Owen P. Jappen, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH)
  • Using my chemical engineering degree as a patent attorney (Michael Stephenson, BPIC)
  • Breaking symmetry: Resilient careersfor unpredictable futures (Austin S. Lin, AIChE MGMT Division)
  • How a young technical geek wandered into management and later into management at a professional society and ended up loving it (Joe Cramer, AIChE)